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Definition of 'cave in'

noun

The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it [syn: cave in, subsidence]

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" [syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder]

Synonyms of 'cave in'

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back down,
bowl,
breach,
break,
break down,
break in,
break into,
break off combat,
break open,
break through,
breakdown,
breaking up,
breakup,
burst in,
bust in,
cataclysm,
catastrophe,
cave,
cease resistance,
collapse,
come apart,
come unstuck,
concave,
conk out,
crack-up,
crash,
crumble,
cup,
debacle,
decline,
deflate,
deflation,
disaster,
dish,
disintegrate,
droop,
drop,
fade,
fail,
faint,
fall in,
fizzle out,
flag,
flop,
flop down,
flump,
flump down,
fold,
fold up,
force open,
founder,
give ground,
give in,
give out,
give up,
give way,
go down,
go downhill,
go soft,
go to pieces,
hit the skids,
hollow,
hollow out,
implode,
implosion,
languish,
lapse,
lower,
peg out,
peter out,
pine,
plop,
plop down,
plump,
poop out,
prize open,
prostration,
puncture,
quit the field,
rupture,
sag,
set,
settle,
settle down,
shipwreck,
sink,
sink down,
slouch,
slump,
slump down,
smash,
smashup,
split open,
stove in,
submerge,
subside,
succumb,
swag,
sway,
tear open,
topple,
topple down,
topple over,
total loss,
totter,
washout,
weaken,
wear away,
wear thin,
wilt,
wrack,
wreck,
yield

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